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Hard Lessons from Brazil on Defending Democracy

The United States could learn from Brazil about forming a cross-sectoral coalition to defend democratic institutions. So why is it falling short?
A handheld smartphone displaying the icons of some of the main artificial intelligence based apps, including LLMs, chatbots and generative AI, with logos (from L) of Proton AG's Lumo, Meta AI, Mistral Vibe (formerly Le Chat), xAI's Grok, Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, Perplexity, Deepseek, OpenAI's Chat GPT, Google's Notebook LLM and generative AI music app Suno.

The Second AI Election: Testing the Safeguards Before November

Tests of six popular AI models show how easily their election safeguards can be bypassed, and what companies, lawmakers, and civil society should be before November.

“Pay for Play?” Trump’s Bosnia Moves Highlighted in U.S. House Probe

A House Foreign Affairs Committee report sheds light on the Trump administration's contentious interventions into Bosnia's politics.
Silhouettes standing before a graphic promoting the Electoral Commission of South Africa's "Get Up Show Up Vote" campaign.

Withholding Consent: Dominant Parties, Opposition Failure, and Youth Disengagement in Southern Africa

Lagging turnout of young voters in southern Africa should be understood not as apathy, but as a refusal to endorse existing political choices.
A mail ballot drop box is seen at a polling station on November 4, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.

What’s Conspicuously Missing from the Government’s Supreme Court Reply Brief in the Mail Ballots Case

The most noteworthy development of the past couple of days is what Solicitor General Sauer does not say.
Woman's hand placing a 2020 mail-in election ballot in a rural mailbox

The Simplest Way for the Supreme Court to Rule in the USPS Mail Ballots Case

Marty Lederman outlines the easiest and most straightforward way for SCOTUS to decide the USPS mail-in ballot case
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Domestic and Regional Pressures Strain Ethiopia’s Fragile Peace

Renewed clashes in Tigray and tensions between Ethiopia and other Horn of Africa nations threaten a regional security crisis.
Von der Leyen, in a white shirt and a light-red suit jacket, shakes hands with Frostadottir at the left of the image in a dark brown suit, both smiling towards the camera against a royal blue backdrop flanked by their respective flags -- blue with a red and white cross for Iceland and blue with a circle of gold stars for the EU.

Is Trump pushing Iceland into the EU?

Iceland may seek European integration partly as a hedge against a more capricious and unpredictable United States, and others may follow.
Six people stand behind podiums in front of the U.N. General Assembly dias with its gold backdrop, all facing two individuals sitting at a desk in front of them (apparently the moderators of the discussion).

U.N. Secretary-General Candidates May Agree More than They Differ on the Way Forward

The seven candidates share a common premise: that the U.N. remains indispensable but is struggling to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world.
The blue and yellow Ukrainian flag flies above the U.S. flag on the same flag pole, with two birds flying to the left against a whitish gray sky.

Ukraine’s Successes Make the Case for How Democracy Support Enhances U.S. National Security

Ukraine's survival in the face of Russia's aggression demonstrates how U.S. support to civil society and democratic institutions becomes a national security asset.

Why the Dearth of Female Nominees for U.N. Secretary-General?

UN member states should expand the field of candidates for Secretary-General by nominating more women for the role.
The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen at dusk on July 8, 2026 in Washington, DC.

The Supreme Court’s Striking Regression on Partisan Gerrymandering

Lost amidst the discussion of the Supreme Court's Callais decision is its treatment of partisan gerrymandering as a legitimate objective.
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